How far above the railhead would you say is the center of gravity for your average empty STMFC? Really. Our software team has added curve resistance to the rolling resistance values and while

John, SIG, ie Special Interest Group, is a NMRA term/phrase. There is an application and guidelines through the NMRA for becoming a SIG. Yahoo Groups are an entirely different animal, so to speak.

There is a yahoo group for the Layout Design SIG look for ldsig in the groups. There was also a large layout yahoo group at one time, I'm not sure if it is still active but you could under large

And conversely, the Soo Line never adopted gray, their cement cars remained FCR their entire lives. Dennis Storzek

Sorry. When I said "SIG" I meant generic special interest groups, not necessarily NMRA. I looked around here but only could find a Small Layout Group. I could have sworn that there was a general

Branchline used to sell them separately. I would check with Atlas (under parts) to see if they are still carrying them. My understanding was that Atlas acquired all the Branchline rolling stock AND

I'm no authority but I would think the color choice would have a lot to do with the commodity carried. Cement was one of the earliest and looks worse when spilled on a dark colored car body. Witness

Friends, Remember RAILWAY PROTOTYPE CYCLOPEDIA? If you guys had looked there, you might have noted that some covered hoppers delivered as early as 1940 were gray (L&N and ACL, just to

The Reading's first conversions were black as were their hoppers. Francis A. Pehowic, Jr. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android From:"SUVCWORR@... [STMFC]" Date:Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 7:30

Tim, I appreciate the humor in your response. It was an earnest question. There is an ongoing dispute at the Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad museum about the correct color to use on the home

Rich I think it was after the 1954 Supreme Court decision that struck down discrimination based on the color of covered hoppers. Honestly, was that a serious question? Tim O'Connor

What is the approximate date that the various shades of gray became the defacto standard color for covered hoppers? It seems to be with the introduction of the PS-2 2003 cf cars. Rich Orr

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Hello- I am offering a new 3-pack set of Milwaukee 70-ton ACF 2 bay 1958 cu ft cement covered hoppers. This 3-pac has three kits for Milwaukee LOs: 1 Milw 99073 blt 5-49 1 Milw 99142 blt 5-49 1 Milw

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Friends, While not quite as nice as the Intermountain models, the old E&B Valley/Eastern Car Works AC&F kits and the unique ECW Enterprise hopper kits are still worthy models and can be

I think the first production PS-2 2003 cuft car was 12/1953 forMonon. Tim O'Connor Jeff Aley wrote: "I think you can also get away with 2-bay PS-2 hoppers, whichwere brand-new in your timeframe.

Jeff Aley wrote: "I think you can also get away with 2-bay PS-2 hoppers, which were brand-new in your timeframe. You’ll have to check specific roadnames to ensure they had them in 1955. Models are